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Jack Earl Wise, resident of Wyandotte, OK, died at his home Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at the age of 70.
He was born on April 28, 1942 in Seminole County, to Lewis Wise and Mandy (Tiger) Wise.
He graduated from the Bowlegs High School in Bowlegs.
After high school he continued his education at Haskell Junior College in Lawrence, KS where he obtained his associates degree.
He trained as a Welder and worked briefly in Kansas City welding military tank parts.
He then worked at Braden Steel in Tulsa for 14 years.
He worked for the Seneca-Cayaga Tribal Bingo as a security guard, then at the Grove Middle School in maintenance.
He married Ramona Smith in Seminole on Feb. 3, 1972.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Mandy Wise; brother, Jimmy Wise; sister, Elizabeth Middleton and nephews, Eastman Wise and Evans C. Wise, Jr.
Survivors include his wife Ramona of the home; Funeral Services for Jack will be11:00 AM, Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Council House Cemetery with Mr. Kennedy Wise, Mr. Richard Soldier, and Mr. Paul Barton, presiding. Arrangements are under the direction of the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove.
Friends and family may leave notes of encouragement by viewing Jack’s Book of Memories at www.honoringmemories.com.
Catherine Wood
Catherine Elizabeth (Prince) Wood, age 97 died at her home in Sasakwa.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 at the Vamoosa Baptist Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.
Rev. Kevin Duck, Pastor of Vamoosa Baptist Church will officiate, and Rev. Drew Isaacs, Pastor of Grace Community Church will assist.
Pallbearers will be her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was born Dec. 24, 1914 in Clarksville, Arkansas to Joe Prince and Lee (Smith) Prince.
She married Mike Wood on May 24, 1932 in Konawa and worked as the head cook for the Vamoosa schools for many years.
She is survived by two daughters, Peggy Taylor of Sasakwa, and Patsy Graves of Stillwater. She is also survived by a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Lee Prince; her husband, Mike Wood; one son, Johnnie Wood; and two brothers, B.W. Prince and Jessie Prince.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity or the Oklahoma Heart Association.
Julian Wood, M.D.
Julian Deal Wood, M.D., 91, longtime Seminole Physician died at his home Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.
Dr. Wood was born March 2, 1921 in Crossett, Arkansas to Jesse Thomas Wood, M.D. and Mittie Louise (Deal) Wood.
Dr. Wood had lived and practiced medicine in Seminole for over 50 years.
He was a member of the Seminole Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Seminole Lions Club and Seminole Golf Association.
Dr. Wood operated the Pace-Chambers Clinic in Seminole for many years along with Dr. George Davis,
He was later honored by having the New Seminole Medical Center Clinic named after him.
Dr. Wood retired from practice in July of 1992.
Julian proudly served his country in the United States Army with the rank of Captain.
Julian met and married Marilynn R. "Marty" (Rogers) Wood Jan. 20, 1946.
She preceded him in death on July 28, 2000.
His son, John Wood of Tulsa; his daughter, Linda Cheatham of Omaha, Nebraska; four grandchildren, Seth Cheatham, M.D., of Richmond, Virginia, Hunter Cheatham of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Josh Wood of Tulsa and Ashley Wood of Tulsa and one great grandson, Noah Wood, survives Dr. Wood.
His parents, Jesse and Mittie; wife, Marty; a sister, Fannie Lou Tatum and a brother Jack Wood, M.D, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday Aug. 6, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church on Wrangler Blvd. with Rev. Gary O. Wilburn officiating.
In Lieu of Flowers memorial donations may be made to the University Of Oklahoma, Attn: College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, 1000 Stanton L. Young Blvd. Suite 162 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117 Note: Please make check payable to the OU Foundation.
Services Pending for Longtime Beloved Seminole Physician, Dr. Julian Wood
Doctor’s Long Career Gave Patients Stability
Julian D. Wood, M.D., age 91, longtime Seminole medical doctor died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Seminole.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church in Seminole.
(The following is a story published in The Seminole Producer on the retirement of Dr. Julian Wood, published in July, 1998.)
Sometimes it’s not obvious when an era ends until years later when all the repercussions have reverberated through one’s life.
You might look back and think, "Yes, that’s when everything changed."
Sometimes, however, you can see it coming. Sometimes you know the moment when everything is changed, when nothing will ever be the same again, the exact instant when life as you know it is over forever.
That feeling was prevalent among patients the first week in July, 1992, when Dr. Julian Wood ended his 45-year medical career.
At 5:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, Wood stopped taking patients; to say he retired would be inaccurate, because nearly six years later, he continued to serve as physician to many residents at area nursing homes.
But Wood closed the practice he’d had with Dr. George Davis for more than 40 years and to many Seminole Countians, the act was nothing short of cataclysmic.
A doctor who stays around long enough to deliver the mother, the daughter and the granddaughter, however rare such a doctor is, signifies stability and security.
He gave patients the feeling that, whatever changes are going on in the world, whatever nuclear war, earthquake or other catastrophe occurs, he will always be there to patch them up, to administer cherry lollipops and antibiotics, liberally mixed with words of encouragement and understanding.
In Seminole’s small close-knit community, under Dr. Woods’ supervision, medicine was like that.
To the men who brought their families to Seminole in the Oil Boom, Dr. L.R. Pace and Dr. Claude S. Chambers became close personal friends.
Where else would they take their children when they were sick, their wives for birthing and their own oilfield accidents?
The doctors opened their practice in about 1930. In 1947, they took on a new associate l the dark, handsome, taciturn Dr. Julian D. Wood arrived in Seminole from a stint in the Army.
Wood was a native of Fountain Hill, Ark., where he grew up and graduated high school. He received his degree from the University of Arkansas.
He heard about the need for doctors from an Army buddy, who married a Seminole girl.
For the first 15 years, he practiced pediatrics.
"There were so many young people and so much work, " Wood said when interviewed in 1992.
"I didn’t have time to practice any other kind of medicine."
Wood brought his younger brother, Jack, to Seminole in 1948 to help with the flood of patients.
He stayed until 1960, when he returned to Fayetteville to specialize in surgery.
To Wood, the biggest changes during his long career, were those occurring at Seminole Municipal Hospital.
When Wood arrived in 1947, Drs. Pace and Chambers operated Harber Hospital, a small 15-bed facility.
That year, the City of Seminole passed a $145, 000 bond issue to remodel and add to the hospital.
Since then, several building projects had combined to build SMH as it stood until it was torn down in 1998.
It went from 15 beds to 62 in the 1960s. For a time the hospital included a nursing home, Mosher Hall.
When Wood closed his practice in 1992, the city was already dreaming of a new hospital.
"I hope we get a new hospital, " Wood said. "Seminole needs it."
Wood’s dream became a reality, six years later, as Seminole’s new hospital opened.
The doctor was among the driving forces to get the hospital built and opened, serving for several years on the SMH board and as chair.
He was named to the Seminole Hall of Fame and, in January, 1998 was named Seminole’s Citizen of the Year.
"He was actively involved in the (hospital) project from the campaign for the bond election and throughout the planning stages for the new medical center, " said Seminole’s Mayor Michael McCreight, in 1998, in naming Wood Citizen of the Year.
"Seminole hospital and the residents of our town owe much to this outstanding physician who has served this community as a consummate health care professional for 50 years.
"He has always been there when we needed him."
Herschel Wood
Herschel (Rusty) Wood, died July 5, 2012.
He was born in Seminole on March 13, 1939.
Before he retired, he worked in the pipeline construction business.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby; and his sons, Mike of Meeker, Danny of Seminole, Russ of Edmond and stepdaughter Kim Davidson of Oklahoma City, 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and five sisters.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmie and Flora Wood; sister, Wynona Harjo and stepson, Delbert Robinson.
Visitation times are Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Services will be Monday, 2:00 p.m. at Baggerley Funeral Home in Edmond with interment to follow at Gracelawn Cemetery.
